Disenfranchised grief is grief denied and not publicly recognized. Disenfranchised grief occurs because “Each culture creates its own grieving rules, defining the ways an individual is expected to grieve” (Doka & Martin, Disenfranchised grief: New directions, challenges, and strategies for practice, 2002, p. 338). People who experience disenfranchised grief may be limited in obtaining social support, in expressing distress, or in coping with a loss. Cultural expectations are relative, however; a grief not recognized in one culture may be recognized in another. Also, a cultural environment is layered and not monolithic (Bronfenbrenner, The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press, 1979). Thus, a grief that is disenfranchised at one cultural level may be acknowledged at another. Historically, cultures undergo change. Therefore, a grief that is currently recognized could have been disenfranchised in the past. Also, humans are not entirely at the mercy of their environment; they could exercise agency or “niche-pick” their environment. To circumvent grief rules that disenfranchise, people could selectively interact with the aspects of their environment that recognize their grief.